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NFL PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION

Nos. 18-1040, 18-1482 No. 18-1639 Nos. 18-2184, 18-2582 No. 18-3005.

923 F.3d 96 (2019)

In Re: NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYERS' CONCUSSION INJURY LITIGATION. *RD Legal Funding, LLC; RD Legal Finance, LLC; RD Legal Funding Partners LP; Roni Dersovitz, Appellants *(Pursuant to Rule 12(a) Fed. R. App. P.) In Re: National Football League Players' Concussion Injury Litigation **Cash4Cases, Inc.; *Atlas Legal Funding, LLC; Atlas Legal Funding I, LP; Atlas Legal Funding II, LP; Atlas Legal Funding III, LP, Appellants *(Pursuant to Rule 12(a) Fed. R. App. P.) **(Dismissed pursuant to the Clerk's Order dated 8/2/18.) In Re: National Football League Players' Concussion Injury Litigation *Thrivest Specialty Funding, LLC, Appellant *(Pursuant to Rule 12(a), Fed. R. App. P.) Thrivest Specialty Funding, LLC, Appellant v. William E. White.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: April 26, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

TerriAnne Benedetto , Seeger Weiss , 1515 Market Street, Suite 1380, Philadelphia, PA 19102 Samuel Issacharoff [ARGUED], New York University Law School, 40 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, Diogenes P. Kekatos , Seeger Weiss , 77 Water Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10005, Christopher A. Seeger , Seeger Weiss , 55 Challenger Road, 6th Floor, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660, Sol H. Weiss , Anapol Weiss, 130 North 18th Street, One Logan Square, Suite 1600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Plaintiff Class.

Lynn B. Bayard , Bruce A. Birenboim , Brad S. Karp , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Counsel for National Football League NFL Properties.

Ellen C. Brotman , Suite 1500, One South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Jeffrey M. Hammer , Michael D. Roth [ARGUED], David K. Willingham , Boies Schiller Flexner, 725 South Figueroa Street, 31st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Counsel for RD Legal Funding LLC, RD Legal Finance LLC, RD Legal Funding Partners LP, Roni Dersovitz.

Bridget C. Giroud , Marissa R. Parker , Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, 2005 Market Street, Suite 2600, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Raul J. Sloezen [ARGUED], 18 Hasbrouck Avenue, Emerson, NJ 07630, Counsel for Atlas Legal Funding LLC, Atlas Legal Funding I LP, Atlas Legal Funding II LP, Atlas Legal Funding III LP.

Peter C. Buckley [ARGUED], Eric E. Reed , Fox Rothschild, 2000 Market Street, 20th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Counsel for Thrivest Specialty Funding LLC.

Michael H. Rosenthal , Rosenthal Lurie & Broudy, 102 Pickering Way, Suite 310, Exton, PA 19341, Counsel for Andrew Stewart.

Robert C. Wood , Law Offices of Robert C. Wood, 68 North High Street, Building B, Suite 202, New Albany, OH 43054, Counsel for William E. White.

Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, CHAGARES, and BIBAS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This consolidated appeal involves issues tangential to the expansive National Football League (NFL) concussion injury litigation. Following approval of the settlement agreement in that class action in 2015, various class members entered into cash advance arrangements with third party litigation...

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